Improvement in frames for hammocks and cots



H. C. & C. SILLER 8:. C. H. DESSART.

FRAMES FOR'HAMMOCKS AND COTS.

No. 192,195, Patented J'une19,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. SILLER AND CHARLES SILLER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ANDCHARLES H. DESSART, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRAMES FOR HAMMOCKS AND COTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,195, dated J une19, 1877; application filed May 28, 1877.

' time, occupying but little space, and allowing for the frame beingmoved out of the way during the day-time, or when not in use.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation and partial section of theframe and hammocks, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. I

The vertical .posts a are set at their lower ends into sockets b uponthe floor, and at their upper ends they are connected by a hinge oruniversal joint, 0, that allows of the post being lifted out of itssocket b and swung up out of the way, adjacent to the ceiling, .or theunder side of thedeck, when the improvement is fitted upon a vessel.

The joint or hinge 0 may be connected by bolts or screws to the underside of the deck or the ceiling. We, however, have shown the same as atone end of a stationary bar or rail, f, the other end of which isfastened to thewall.

The hammock-rails h extend between the wall and the post a. They areeach provided with a hinge, k,at one end, and a hook, I, at the other,entering into a socket, n. In some instances the hinge k may be upon thewall and the socket n upon the post a, or vice versa.

The hammocks or cots m are supported at the ends by the blocks 0, thatcan beslid endwise upon the hammock-rails h to position the hammock orcot, and each block is provided with vertical holes for the reception ofthe stretcher-forks r.

These forks r extend in the form of bars or stretchers for the ends ofthe cots, and each block 0 has in it four holes to receive two of thestretcher-forks, in order that the cots may extend in each directionfrom each'stretcherblock; and in hammocks the end cords are made tocross each other, in order to bring the hammocks into less space thanthey usually occupy, and to provide for this the stretcher-forks areextended from opposite sides, as at r, and terminate as a hook or eyefor the clew or loop at the ends of the hammockcords.

These stretcher-forks can be lifted out of the holes in the blocks 0 andthe hammocks orcots stowed away. The rails hare unhooked at the movingend, and turned up out of the way, and the posts a are lifted and swungup to the ceiling, out of the way, in order that the space may heunobstructed during the day-time.

Wenclaim as our invention 1. The hammock-rails lz, sliding blocks 0, andstretcher-forks r, in combination with the hammock or cot, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The movable vertical posts a and sockets b, in combination with thehammock-rails h, blocks 0, forks r, and hammocks, substantially as setforth.

3. The stretcher-forks 1, arranged to stand in opposite directions fordistending the ham mocks, substantially as set forth.

Signed by us this 24th day of May, A. D. 1877.

H. C. SILLER. CHARLES SILLER. CHAS. H. DESSART.

Witnesses Geo. T. PINGKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL.

